Katherine Ayres est l'auteure de dix livres pour enfants et adolescents. Elle écrit avec la conviction d'une conteuse, captivant les jeunes lecteurs dans ses récits, tout comme elle a autrefois convaincu un jury d'une émission télévisée. Elle compare son écriture à l'art de la tromperie qu'elle a appris dans sa jeunesse, savourant aujourd'hui l'opportunité d'inventer des histoires. Ses œuvres sont reconnues pour leur capacité à captiver les lecteurs par leurs personnages.
Offering a captivating exploration of plants, food, and gardening, this book serves as an engaging resource for educators, students, and home readers. Its accessible approach invites readers to discover the joys and wonders of the natural world, making it an ideal choice for anyone interested in cultivating their knowledge of gardening and plant life.
It's 1851 and Lucy Spencer's family is keeping a secret. Their Ohio home is a station on the Underground Railroad, the network of people and places that helps fugitive slaves escape to freedom in Canada. Lucy believes in what she and her family do to help the fugitives, even if it means putting herself in danger.So Lucy doesn't hesitate when she is asked to stay with the Widow Aurelia Mercer and help her with a family of runaway slaves hiding in her attic. And she learns so much from her experience--about growing up, love, and standing on her own. But what will Lucy do when she is asked to make the ultimate sacrifice and leave all she loves behind?
In their Pennsylvania town in 1942 twelve-year-old Charlotte and her classmates collect scrap metal for the war effort only to have it disappear from the school basement
During the Great Depression, a boy who faces bullying stumbles upon a mystery and comes of age in this novel that integrates fact and opinion and has a rich 1930’s vocabulary. Extra An Author’s Note is included in the back of the book.Mike Costa has lived his whole life in The Strip, Pittsburgh’s warehouse and factory district. His father’s large Italian family runs a food wholesale business, and Mike is used to the sounds and smells of men working all night to unload the trains that feed the city. But it’s 1933, and the Depression is bringing tough times to everyone. Money problems only add to Mike’s worries about his beloved grandfather, who is getting forgetful and confused. Mike is being tormented at school by a loud-mouth named Andy Simms, who calls Mike “Macaroni Boy.” But when dead rats start appearing in the streets, that name changes to “Rat Boy.” Around the same time Mike notices that his grandfather is also physically sick. Can whatever is killing the rats be hurting Mike’s grandfather? It’s a mystery Mike urgently needs to solve in this atmospheric, fast-paced story filled with vibrant period detail.